TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Altera Pars Cologne

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... for a table and having two beers and leaving for the next pub. Home at 10:30 or the ship leaves!! We had our friends Carol and Rob in our group so that made it fun. It was so loud everywhere we couldn't hear the guide. All the locals were so young and we looked like a group of fish out of water...or beer, as it were...We should have gone back to Papa Joe's and just listened to the fake musicians and soccer fans! ...

Beautiful morning as we left Andernach and cruised towards Cologne. The river traffic is noticeably heavier and bigger, with many more River Ships (barges), but the scenery along the river is beautiful.

We spent the morning in the lounge, reading, talking, relaxing. Of interest on the river were the remains of the Remagen Bridge which was destroyed by the Allies in WWII. The movie, The Bridge ...

... will never be finished because of the magnitude of the maintenance task - in fact two sides had scaffolding up to support the ongoing maintenance program. It's front facade covers 750 sq metres and has 10,000 sq metres of lead light windows. It suffered 14 direct bomb hits during the war but was rebuilt. We declined the invitation the climb the 560 steps for what is reported as breathtaking views from the southern spire. I expect the climb up is more breathtaking than the ...

... and the park which Patrick had showed me the night before. There isn't much in Köln but it's beautiful and I'll be back again one day. I skyped Kendra and the kids which made me incredibly homesick before having another Skype call and then went and got ready to go out as an American chick had joined our dorm last night so her and I agreed to head out to the chocolate factory/museum today which was 100% better than Cadbury world in the UK. ALSO ...

... by the Rhine river, one close to the main centre in town (Heumarkt) and one stop before heumarkt named neumarkt. Oh and also another one by the Dom(cathedral) so thats 4 haha. All have similar little shops for the winter clothing, places for food and of course the gluhwein which is Hot wine :) In the Heumarkt they have a cool area for ice skating around one of the statues that you will see in the pictures and curling next ...